• CTAN update: perltex

    From Erik Braun@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 6 18:34:43 2024
    Scott Pakin submitted an update to the

    perltex

    package.

    Version number: 2.3
    License type: lppl

    Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code

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    PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX package (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from
    any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. PerlTeX will make use of persistent named pipes, and thereby run more efficiently, on operating systems that offer them (mostly Unix-like systems).

    Also provided is a switch to generate a PerlTeX-free, document-specific, noperltex.sty that is useful when distributing a document to users who may not have access to PerlTeX.

    Version 2.3 alters the implementation of the LaTeX package to work around a change made in the LaTeX3 kernel that breaks PerlTeX. Thanks to Christian Hove Claussen for the bug report.


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    This package is located at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/perltex

    More information is at
    https://www.ctan.org/pkg/perltex

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    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Erik Braun

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